137 posts and columns on infringement

Exclusive: Yahoo Finally Set to Strike Alibaba Share Deal — Half Now, Then Half of What’s Left After Eventual IPO

in News on May 17 at 11:39 pm PT

Could the never-ending Yahoo-Alibaba deal finally be close to a handshake? Yes, indeedy.
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Even as Settlement Hopes Appear, Facebook Blames Shoddy Checking in Answer to Yahoo Patent-Fraud Claim

in News on May 16 at 3:13 pm PT

Yahoo’s dog ate its homework, says Facebook.
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They Shoot Yahoo CEOs, Don’t They? But Not Without a Really Smoking Gun and a Much Stronger Board.

in News on May 5 at 9:33 am PT

While many across the blogosphere — including some very clever tweets — called for the head of Scott Thompson tout de suite, that’s just not going to happen. At least for now. And here’s why.
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Byte Me: Yahoo Files More Patent Claims Against Facebook

in News on April 27 at 11:05 am PT

Our long social patent fight is not over.
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ITC Gives Motorola Partial Victory in Apple Patent Fight

in Mobile on April 24 at 10:05 am PT

The U.S. International Trade Commission handed Motorola Mobility a partial victory in its patent battle with Apple today, ruling that the company’s iPhone and iPad do indeed infringe Motorola’s intellectual property.
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Updated S-1: Facebook’s Yearly Revenue Growth Up 45 Percent, But Down Six Percent From Last Quarter

in News on April 23 at 12:13 pm PT

Will the new results cause investors to worry?
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Here Are the 10 New Back-at-You Patent Exhibits in Facebook Versus Yahoo

in News on April 3 at 11:52 am PT

For your patently enjoyable reading pleasure!
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Facebook Smacks Back at Yahoo With Patent Claims in Counter-Lawsuit

in News on April 3 at 11:13 am PT

The other shoe in the Facebook-Yahoo patent fight just dropped.
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CEO Thompson Tells Yahoos “Real Change Is Coming” (It’s Exclusive Internal Memo Time!)

in News on March 15 at 5:06 am PT

The new leader addresses the nervous troops: Once more unto the breach, dear possibly laid-off Yahoos, once more …
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Nobody Puts Dan Loeb in the Corner: Third Point Begins Proxy Bombing Yahoo in 3 … 2 … 1

in News on March 14 at 1:24 pm PT

And if you prefer to go all “Fatal Attraction” instead of “Dirty Dancing,” the activist shareholder is not going to be ignored!
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Déjà Hoo: Yahoo Has Done the Pre-IPO Legal Shakedown Dance Before

in News, March 13, 2012 at 6:29 am PT

Yahoo Sues Facebook for Patent Infringement, Which Social Network Calls “Puzzling” (Including Filing)

in News, March 12, 2012 at 1:15 pm PT

Oracle to Court: Let’s Try SAP Again

in News, February 7, 2012 at 1:50 am PT

Apple Escalates Android Attack, Fires at Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus

in Mobile, January 20, 2012 at 11:05 am PT

ITC Puts Apple-HTC Patent Ruling on Hold

in Mobile, December 5, 2011 at 11:26 am PT

Singapore Press Holdings Sues Yahoo

in News, November 24, 2011 at 10:21 am PT

Intellectual Ventures Joins the Mobile Patent War, Suing Motorola Mobility

in Mobile, October 6, 2011 at 8:21 am PT

Will Amazon’s Tablet Raise Any Patent Issues?

in Mobile, September 28, 2011 at 6:06 am PT

Cellphone Patent Disputes Piling Up

in Mobile, August 22, 2011 at 10:34 am PT

Patent Research Firm Turns the Tables

in News, May 31, 2011 at 2:00 pm PT

Samsung Fires Back Against Apple with Lawsuits of Its Own

in Mobile, April 21, 2011 at 8:46 pm PT

Apple Files Patent Suit Against Samsung Over Galaxy Line of Phones and Tablets

in Mobile, April 18, 2011 at 1:01 pm PT

Exclusive: Flipboard Confirms $50 Million Funding at $200 Million Valuation

in News, April 14, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT

I Hope You Know This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record

Nokia to Apple: From Hell's Heart I Stab at Thee

in Mobile, March 29, 2011 at 8:55 am PT